Women in history

In the 1950s, secretary Bette Graham invented correction fluid to cover up her errors

In 1995, a single 30-something woman first appeared in a weekly newspaper column

Tove Jansson's book The Moomins and the Great Flood was published in 1945

Irawati Karve became India’s first female anthropologist

In 1978, former first lady Betty Ford sought help for addiction

Dolores Ibárruri was dubbed La Pasionaria for her fiery speeches in the Spanish civil war

Eva Peron - or Evita - was an icon in 1940s Argentina, famous for her populist rhetoric

In 2003 the Women of Liberia Mass Action for Peace began protests calling for peace

The secret street photography of a US nanny in the 1950s and 1960s

In 1976 Jenette Kahn became the first female head of DC Comics, home of the superheroes

In 1977, in the former East Germany, tens of thousands of women and girls were abused

The start, in 2015, of a movement to stop violence against women in Argentina

In 1997, a Gambian woman started an environmental initiative

In 2011, Japanese tidying expert Marie Kondo's first book was published.

In 1992, Mary Fisher set out to fight the prejudice faced by those with HIV and Aids

Nalini Malani made an artwork protesting against India's nuclear tests

In 2005, Dr Katalin Karikó published research that eventually won her the Nobel Prize

In 1974, a judge decided if three Portuguese women should be jailed for writing a book

In 1987, Waris Dirie had her first photo-shoot and became a supermodel sensation

For nearly 40 years, women in Brazil were banned from playing football

In 1956, US presidential candidates sent female representatives to the first debate on TV

The Brazilian singer who earned the title Queen of Samba

'Spray-on skin' was used to treat burns victims after bombings on the Indonesian island.

The story of the woman who became known as India’s first female bartender